Syringe hand gripping device



June 18, 1968 J. A. MARCUS 3,388,941

SYRINGE HAND GRIPPING DEVICE Filed Sept. 16, 1966 FIG. 2

INVENTOR. JOEL A. MARCUS BY VHISATTORNEY FIG?) United States Patent3,388,941 '1 GE HAND GRIPPWG DEVICE Joel A. Marcus, 68--51 YellowstoneBlvd, Forest Hills, NY. 11375 Filed Sept. 16, 1966, Ser. No. 579,951 9Claims. (Cl. 294-1) The present invention relates to a syringe grippingmeans and more particularly to a plurality of grips to be fastened to ahypodermic syringe.

Heretofore, it is well known in the prior art that in order toeffectively use a hypodermic syringe, the syringe must be gripped firmlyby the physician who is attempting to inject an individual. Variousmeans have been provided' and are commonly available on the market whichprovide a gripping means such that the doctor may firmly hold thehypodermic syringe and by using his thumb, index and middle fingers mayfirmly apply the syringe to the body of an individual.

It has been found however, that the presently available gripping devicesfor hypodermic syringes have been very expensive and in order to storethe gripping means large areas are required. That is, the grippingdevices are completely assembled and of generally unitary constructionso that as large as the gripping device is, so the space required forits storage must be.

Until now, the gripping devices presently marketed, and theirapplication has been fairly limited by the cumbersome construction ofthe gripping devices. For example, a medic in combat would havedifficulty carrying a number of these presently available grippingdevices because of their bulk.

Further, because in many instances, the syringe must be changed becauseof the physician applying a multiplicity of injections, the meanspresently available for interchanging the gripping device with a newhypodermic syringe has provided a number of serious complications. Byway of example, the hypodermic syringe presently available and used bymost physicians utilizes a gripping device which must be threadedlymounted on the syringe and a second gripping means is threadedly mountedon the plunger of the hypodermic syringe. With this particular presentconstruction the physician must, of necessity, unscrew the variousgripping means from the syringe and plunger thereby requiring anexcessive amount of time. In many instances the change over must besmooth and effective so that the patients may be adequately injectedwithout undue delay.

It is the general object of the present invention to avoid and overcomethe foregoing and other difiiculties found in prior art devices by theprovision of a collapsible gripping device for hypodermic syringes.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a gripping meansfor hypodermic syringes which is easily manufactured and inexpensive ofuse.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a gripping meansfor a hypodermic syringe which will permit the physician to interchangethe syringes without undue delay.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a collapsiblehypodermic syringe gripping means which may be applied to a hypodermicsyringe very quickly and easily.

Yet a further object of the present invention is to provide a hypodermicsyringe gripping means which may be collapsed and stored in a relativelysmall area.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a grippingmeans for a hypodermic syringe which may be transferred from one syringeto another with a minimum of manipulation.

A further object of the present invention is to provide "ice a grippingmeans for hypodermic syringes using a minimum of moving parts.

The objects of the present invention have been achieved by providing agripping means for a hypodermic syringe comprising a first frame meanshaving a pair of annular rings at its extremities, a second frame meanshaving a pair of annular rings at its extremities, a locking means incommunication with said first frame means and capable of insertion insaid second frame means for locking said first and second frame meanstogether, said first and second frame means being provided with a sleevefor gripping the body of a hypodermic syringe, and a split ring meansconnectible to said plunger for providing a grip ping means at the rearend of the plunger.

For a better understanding of the present invention reference should behad to the accompanying drawings wherein like numerals of referenceindicate similar parts throughout the several views and wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the holding means as applied to ahypodermic syringe,

FIGURE 2 is a side view of the gripping means as attached to ahypodermic syringe,

FIGURE 3 is an exploded view of the gripping means for the hypodermicsyringe, and

FIGURE 4 is a view of one embodiment of a fastening means.

Referring now to FIGURE 1, a hypodermic syringe holding means is shownand indicated generally by the reference numeral 12. The gripping meansapplied to the rear of the plunger 14 is generally indicated by thereference numeral 58.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the types ofmaterial utilized in the manufacture of the hereinafter describedinvention may be varied from one application to another, however,generally the material used and preferred would be stainless steel. Thehereinafter elements may be made or manufactured in various ways suchas, stamping, forging, molding and sintering, however, it should berecognized that the manner in which the present invention is made formsno part of this invention. In order to provide a means for holding thebody 16 of a hypodermic syringe 18 securely in the hands of a physician,at first frame means 20 may be provided, as shown in FIGURE 3. The firstframe means 21' may be provided with a body portion 22 and a ridge 24therearound at the upper end 26 of the body portion 22. Projectinglaterally from the body portion 22 are a pair of annular rings 28 largeenough in diameter to permit the finger of a physicians hand to fittherethrough. As shown in FIGURE 3, the body portion 22 may be curved inorder that the inner surface 30 thereof may fit snugly against the outersurface 31 of the body 16 of the hypodermic syringe 18 around which thefirst frame means 20 may fit.

A second frame means 32, which may be a mirror image of the first framemeans 26 is also provided such that it will fit around the body 16 ofthe hypodermic syringe 18 and mate or register with the first framemeans 20. structurally, the second frame means 32 is provided with acurved body portion 34- and a ridge 36 on its upper end 38 and mayfurther be provided with a pair of annular rings 40 extending laterallytherefrom.

The ridges 24, 36 around the upper ends 26, 38 of the first and secondframe means 20, 32 may be hollowed out to accept the outwardly flaredupper portion 42 of the hypodermic syringe body 16 such that when thefirst and second frame means 20, 32 of the gripping device 12 are placedaround the upper portion 44 of the hypodermic syringe body 16 the ridges24, 36 will fit around the outwardly flared end portion 42 of the body16 thereby holding the gripping device 12 in a relatively fixed positionon the body 16 of the hypodermic syringe 18. Clips (not shown) may beused to maintain a high degree of friction between the plunger 14 andsyringe 18, and if such is required they may be used without departingfrom the essence of the invention.

When the first and smond frame means 20, 32 of the gripping device 12are placed around the body 16 of the hypodermic syringe 18 the annularrings 28, 40 at the lateral extremities of the frame means 20, 32 willmate and align with each other thereby giving the appearance of a solidunitary type of housing that will snugly hold the body 16 of thehypodermic syringe 18.

In order to fasten the first frame means 20 and secnd frame means 32together, when they have been placed around the body 16 of the syringe18, a pair of locking means 46 may be provided. As shown in FIG. 3, thefirst frame means may be provided with a. planar or flat portion 48extending from the curved body 22 of the first frame means 20 to theperiphery of the annular rings 28. As previously described the secondframe means 32, which is a mirror image of the first frame means 20, isprovided with an identical planar portion 50 such that all the elementsof the first frame means 20 and second frame means 32 when placed aboutthe body 16 of the syringe 18 will be in perfect registry, one to theother. The first frame means 20 may be provided with a locking means 46which may take various forms. For example, a cammed screw (as shown)arrangement 52 may be utilized to clamp the first and second frame means20, 32 together or other fastening devices such as pins, clips, screws,spring actuated clips or spring and combination thereof may be utilized.It should be understood by those skilled in the art that a slightvariation of the body and planar portion of the frame means may benecessary to accommodate the varying locking means, however it isparticularly understood that these possible variations in structure willnot be construed as a departure from the essence of the presentinvention.

It may be recognized by those skilled in the art that with thisparticular preferred construction the gripping means 12 for thehypodermic syring 18 may be collapsed, that is, dismantled providing arather flat image when the first frame means 20 is placed on top of thesecond frame means 32.

Further, it may be seen that when a physician is desirous of changingthe hypodermic syringes the means for dismantling the gripping device 12is rather simple and may be quickly manipulated. For example, wing nuts54 may be placed on the locking means 46 such that a mere turning ofeach Wing nut 54 will release the locking means and thereby free thesecond frame means 32 from the first frame means 20. In this manner thechanging of the hypodermic syringe may be facilitated in a matter ofseconds.

In order to provide the physician with a firm grip on the back end ofthe plunger 14, which is reciprocable within the hypodermic syringe 18,a second gripping arrangement 58 may be provided in the form of annularring 60 to be fastened to the rear end 62 of the plunger 14. The annularring 60 may be comprised of a first frame member 64 and a second framemember 66. The second frame member 66 being a mirror image of the firstframe member 64. As shown in FIGURE 3 the first frame member 64 may beprovided with a body portion 68 and an annular ring portion 70 beingseparated by a flat planar surface 72. Disposed within said flat planarsurface 72 provisions may be made for a locking device 74 similar tothat used on the hypodermic syringe holding means 12. As shown in FIGURE3 the body portion 68 may be provided with a curved ridge area 76 to fitaround the flared end 78 of the plunger 14. It may be seen thereforethat when the first and second frame member 64, 66 are placed in theirappropriate positions around the upper end 62 of the plunger 14 themirror imaged first and second frame means 64, 66 will cooperate to holdthe rear end of the plunger 14 firmly and further provide an opening fora finger or thumb of the physician so that the plunger 14 may bemanipulated either upwardly or downwardly as required.

Structurally with the hypodermic syringe holding means 12 in positionand the plunger holding or second gripping means 58 in position thephysician may obtain a firm grip on the body of the hypodermic syringesuch that the plunger 14 is free to operate within the rear end of thehypodermic syringe 18 and yet the physician is afforded a firm grip onthe syringe.

As previously described in relation to the body holder it may be seenthat when the syringe is desired to be changed the plunger holdingmechanism may be dismantled in much the same way as the body holdingmeans is dismantled, that is, by merely manipulating the locking devicewhich holds the first and second frame member together.

In order that the body holding device of the hypodermic syringe may beutilized on varying sized syringes, the body portion thereof may beprovided with a slit such that the body portion may give if placed overa slightly wider than usual body of a syringe.

Although a preferred embodiment has been herein described it isparticularly understood that the invention is not limited thereto orthereby.

It may be seen therefore, that the objects of the present invention havebeen achieved by providing a plurality of frame means when fastenedtogether that will provide a collapsible holding means for a hypodermicsyringe and its plunger and which may be inexpensively manufactured andmay be easily manipulated to remove the frame from the syringe whenrequired.

In accordance with the patent statutes a preferred and alternativeembodiment has been described in detail and it is particularlyunderstood that the present invention is not limited thereto or thereby.

I claim:

1. A device for promoting the gripping of a hypodermic syringe andplunger therefor comprising a syringe body gripping means having a firstframe means and a second frame means, each of said frame means beingprovided with a body portion having a pair of annular rings extendinglaterally therefrom, said first and second frame means adapted to fitaround the body of a syringe, at least one locking device disposed onsaid first frame means and in communication with said second frame meansfor releasably connecting said first and second frame means around thebody of the syringe, a second gripping arrangement connectible to therear end of the plunger being provided with a first frame means and asecond frame means, each of said first and second frame means of saidsecond gripping arrangement being provided with an annular ringextending therefrom, and a locking device disposed on said first framemeans of said second gripping arrangement in communication with saidsecond frame means thereof for releasably connecting said secondgripping arrangement to the rear end of the plunger.

2. A device for promoting the gripping of a hypodermic syringebodyaccording to claim 1 wherein said first and second frame means ofsaid syringe body gripping means are provided with a curved bodyportion, said curved body portion being provided with a ridge at itsupper end to engage a flared end of the syringe body and therebypreventing the longitudinal excursion of said syringe body grippingmeans when said first and second frame rneans are releasably connectedtogether.

3. A device for promoting the gripping of a hypodermic syringe bodyaccording to claim 2 wherein each of said first and second frame meansare provided with planar portions disposed between said curved body andsaid lateral extending annular rings.

4. A device for promoting the gripping of a hypodermic syringe bodyaccording to claim 3 wherein said looking device is connected to saidfirst frame means on said planar portions and is adapted to engage ahole in the planar portions of said second frame means.

5. A device for promoting the gripping of a hypodermic syringe bodyaccording to claim 4 wherein said curved body portion is provided withat least one slot extending downwardly from the center thereof to thelower edge thereof to permit the application of said first and secondframe means to varying sizes of syringe bodies.

6. A device for promoting the gripping of a hypodermic syringe andplunger therefor according to claim 1 wherein each of said first andsecond frame means of said second gripping arrangement is comprised of abody portion, a curved ridge area disposed on the lower edge of saidbody portion to fit over the outwardly flared rear end of the plunger, aplanar portion extending upwardly from said body portion, and an annularring in communication with said planar portion and extending upwardlytherefrom.

7. A device for promoting the gripping of a hypodermic syringe body andplunger thereof according to claim 6 wherein said locking device isconnected to the planar portion of said first frame means forcommunication with said second frame means for releasably locking saidfirst and second frame means together.

8. A device for promoting the gripping of a hypodermic syringe andplunger therefor according to claim 5 wherein each of said first andsecond frame means of said second gripping arrangement is comprised of abody portion, a curved ridge area disposed on the lower edge of saidbody portion to fit over the outwardly flared rear end of the plunger, aplanar portion extending upwardly from said body portion, and an annularring in communication with said planar portion and extending upwardlytherefrom.

9. A device for promoting the gripping of a hypodermic syringe body andplunger thereof according to claim 8 wherein said locking device isconnected to the planar portion of said first frame means forcommunication with said second frame means for releasably locking saidfirst and second frame means together.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,331,805 2/1920 Chance 128218FOREIGN PATENTS 1,181,162 1/1959 France.

EDWARD A. SROKA, Primary Examiner.

R. D. GUIOD, Assistant Examiner.

1. A DEVICE FOR PROMOTING THE GRIPPING OF A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE ANDPLUNGER THEREFOR COMPRISING A SYRINGE BODY GRIPPING MEANS HAVING A FIRSTFRAME MEANS AND A SECOND FRAME MEANS, EACH OF SAID FRAME MEANS BEINGPROVIDED WITH A BODY PORTION HAVING A PAIR OF ANNULAR RINGS EXTENDINGLATERALLY THEREFROM, SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRAME MEANS ADAPTED TO FITAROUND THE BODY OF A SYRINGE, AT LEAST ONE LOCKING DEVICE DISPOSED ONSAID FIRST FRAME MEANS AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID SECOND FRAME MEANSFOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRAME MEANS AROUND THEBODY OF THE SYRINGE, A SECOND GRIPPING ARRANGEMENT CONNECTIBLE TO THEREAR END OF THE PLUNGER BEING PROVIDED WITH A FIRST FRAME MEANS AND ASECOND FRAME MEANS, EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRAME MEANS OF SAIDSECOND GRIPPING ARRANGEMENT BEING PRO-